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Vampire
VAMP'IRE
, n.1.
In mythology, an imaginary demon, which was fabled to suck the blood of persons during the night.2.
In zoology, a species of large bat, the Vespertilio vampyrus of Linne, called also the ternate bat. It inhabits Guinea, Madagascar, the East India Isles, New Holland and New Caledonia. These animals fly in flocks, darkening the air by their numbers. It is said that this bat will insinuate his tongue into the vein of an animal imperceptibly, and suck his blood while asleep. This name is also given by Buffon to a species of large bat in South America, the V. spectrum of Linne.Definition 2024
Vampire
vampire
vampire
See also: Vampire
English
Alternative forms
- (archaic) vampyre
Noun
vampire (plural vampires)
- A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living. [from earlier 18th c.]
- (colloquial) A person with the medical condition Systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
- A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) [from later 18th c.]
Synonyms
- (mythological creature): nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine
- (bat): vampire bat
- (blood drinker): hemovore, hematophagous
Derived terms
Translations
mythological creature
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person suffering of vampirism
bat
Related terms
See also
- werewolf
- bloodsucker
- hemovore
- Vampire (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Common vampire bat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- The meaning of the word "vampire"
Verb
vampire (third-person singular simple present vampires, present participle vampiring, simple past and past participle vampired)
References
- ↑ “vampire” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
- ↑ “vampire” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- ↑ Leposava Spirovska, Tanas Vražinovski. Les vampires dans les croyances et legendes Macedoniennes (Skopje, 1988), page 8